158 LEPIDOPTERA HETEKOCERA, 



the hind border of each fore wing from the base. Abdomen black, 

 with a row of purple dots along each side ; first segment with a 

 large transverse yellow spot; fore borders of the second, third and 

 fourth segments with luteous bands which are widened to the hind 

 borders on each side ; under side white. 



29. Glaucopis vesparia. 



Testacea ; thorax fusco varius ; alee Jlavido-hyalince, venis et mar- 

 gine tenuissimo fuscis; abdominis Latera coeruleo punctata. 

 Long. alar. 16 lin. 



Glaucopis vesparia, Perty, Delect. Anim. Artie. Bras. 157, pi. 31, f. 9. 

 Amazon River. 



Group 9. PCECILOSOMA. 



Corpus validum, convexum, cylindricum, ex parte metallicum. 

 Palpi sat longi ; articulus 2us linearis, apice conicus, 2o brevior. 

 Antennae graciles, usque ad apices subpectinatae. Ala? hyalinse, 

 basi metallicae ; antieae apice nigrae ; plica discalis distiucta. Pedes 

 validiusculi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus quatuor minimis. 



Pcecilosoraa, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 126. 



Body stout, convex, cylindrical, partly metallic. Palpi rather 

 long, third joint linear, conical at the tip, shorter than the second. 

 Antennae slender, minutely pectinated to the tips. Wings hyaline, 

 metallic at the base; fore wings with black tips ; discal fold distinct. 

 Legs moderately stout ; median and apical spurs of the hind tibia? 

 very small. 



30. Glaucopis flavitarsis. 



Nigra, sericea, testaceo varia ; thorax viridi sexmaculatus ; alee 

 sublurido-hyalince, margine postico nigro ; abdomen e maculis 

 cyaneis bivittatum. 



Body black, sericeous. Head mostly testaceous, green on the 

 vertex. Thorax with two green marks in front, with two on the disk, 

 and with two behind ; also, with two connected testaceous bands 

 forming two ovals in front, with two testaceous spots on the disk, 

 and with two testaceous stripes on each side. Wings with a very 

 slight lurid tinge; veins and tips black; part of the hind border 

 with a very narrow black margin. Each abdominal segment with 



